Culture
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Pablo Picasso was not a lone genius creator – he was at the centre of several creative hubs, and changed the course of western art
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) is not presented as the lone genius creator – a mythology promoted by the artist himself –…
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Belling the Cats
In his seminal 1999 book What are Journalists For? Nicholas Karides NYU professor Jay Rosen pointed to a plaque at the…
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Raphael: it’s time we stopped dismissing Italy’s great painter as style over substance
In 1848, a new group of painters who called themselves the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood identified the art of Raphael as a watershed moment…
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Brazil at work: Black and held back
Ms Genot does not have the fondest of memories of trying to break into the communications industry in Brazil. BBC…
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From Opium to Saffron, the Ancients Knew a Thing or Two About Drugs
Thousands of years ago, in spaces darkly enclosed or dazzlingly open, many in the ancient Mediterranean and Near East consumed…
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Independent body to oversee historic Victorian Treaty deal
The principles would set out the Assembly’s position on establishing an independent authority to facilitate the first Treaty deal in…
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Biden nominates Jackson, first Black woman, to Supreme Court
Introducing Jackson at the White House, Biden declared, “I believe it’s time that we have a court that reflects the…
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How your culture informs the emotions you feel when listening to music
We are cruising at 27,000 feet, but the mountains around us appear worryingly close and the turbulence has woken me…
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Chinese new year: your guide to everything from importance of the colour red to firework bans
The tiger is the third animal of the 12-year cycle of Chinese zodiac signs, and famous people under this sign…
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A brief history of Afghan women’s rights
Women haven’t had much say. Manasi Gopalakrishnan Deutsche Welle “I was working for the Defense Ministry. I know those women…
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Bark Ladies: how women’s Yolŋu bark paintings break with convention and embrace artists’ strong personalities
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this story includes names of people who have died. Sasha Grishin The…
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My Armenian Christmas reminds me how traditions are reinvented in times of crisis
I approached Christmas Day, as I imagine many New Statesman readers did, with my eyes smarting from a swab up my nose,…
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Sydney Festival boycott: when arts organisations accept donations, there is always a price to pay
Several artists and arts organisations have withdrawn from the festival over the Israeli Embassy’s sponsorship of the dance work Decadance,…
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JFK Revisited: Oliver Stone and the New JFK Fact Pattern
When Oliver Stone first ambles through Dealey Plaza in Dallas in the opening frames his new documentary JFK Revisited: Through the…
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An RMIT University project is giving asylum seekers a chance to transform their lives
Farzaneh Dehghani has just achieved her dream to graduate as a civil engineer. Stephanie Corsetti SBS Ms Dehghani, who came to Australia…
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The crisis of a career in culture: why sustaining a livelihood in the arts is so hard
Many artists and arts workers have “portfolio careers”, piecing together a mixture of jobs while competing for limited funding and…
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